Lacrosse Team Lose to Strong Princeton Squad

After keeping the score close for one half of play, the varsity lacrosse team succumbed Saturday to a very strong Princeton squad on the rain-soaked Business School field. The defeat was no surprise to anyone, and the 12-3 score was pretty much expected.

That the Crimson was able to keep the scoring down to 4 to 1 during the first half was a credit to goalie Dick MacKinnon, who was the outstanding performer for the varsity. MacKinnon came up with twenty-eight saves, many of them on extremely difficult shots. During the second half he blocked a shot, cleared the ball himself and raced through nine bewildered Tigers to take a shot on the opponents' goal--a rarity for any net-minder.

The difference between the two teams was apparent in the quality of the mid-fields. The Princeton mid-fielders were obviously superior in all-around play, especially in setting up pass patterns and in back-checking.

The Crimson was hampered again by injuries and absences, with Tag Edwards still suffering from a muscle pull, Karl Bjork studying for his Monday generals and Jim Tulenko sitting out the rest of the season with a broken leg. Jerry Cotter and John Baldwin both returned to the lineup after shoulder injuries, but weren't up to top performance.

Crimson Defense Tightens

The Orange and Black opened the scoring after three minutes of the first period, and showed it was in command of the game by netting two more goals before the seven-minute mark. However, the Crimson defense suddenly clamped down on the visitors and did not allow another score for seventeen minutes.

The varsity managed to break into the scoring column in the first period with a goal by Dick Parks at 14:59, just one second before the gun. Dub Mallonee had set up the play with a pass to Parks. During the second period the Tigers' strong clearing and checking prevented any sustained Crimson attack.

As the light rain grew to a downpour during the second half, the Princeton attack deluged the varsity cage with eight goals. Most of them were the result of deliberate patterns, and the Crimson was fairly lucky to escape with even that amount of damage.

Mallonee closed the scoring gap to 7 to 2 with an unassisted thrust at 0:22 of the fourth period, and Nick Lamont brought the score to 9 to 3 at 4:50 after a pass from Mallonee, but it was much too late to do any good. The Tigers ran the final count to 12 to 3 in the last eight minutes.